A robotic cartoon judge is perched in her robotic cartoon courtroom when a robotic cartoon man enters.

Judge: "The court is closed for business today. Is there something I can help you with?"

Man: "I need one hundred fifty million dollars."

Judge: "Why?"

Man: "For my case management system."

Judge: "The taxpayers have already given you six hundred million dollars for that piece of trash. Why do you need another one hundred fifty million dollars?"

Man: "To make changes that conform to the needs of specified core activities in keeping with best management practices. Just put the money in the bag."

Judge: "You need more money because your case management system is screwed up?"

Man: "No. The case management system is working. We just need to tweak it."

Judge: "Tweak it with a sledgehammer. I think that will take care of it."

Man: "It is a very popular program."

Judge: "No it isn't. It is only popular with those who profited from it. Including managers who staked their reputations on it and contractors who have been enriched by it. Employees hate it….You could have bought a space shuttle. You could have bought a high speed train. You could have educated children. You could have kept courts open. Where are your priorities?"

Man: "When case management goes live we will have an operationally sound value-added system...."

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